Journal article
Ecology, values, and objectivity: Advancing the debate
BioScience, Vol.55(10), pp.873-878
2005
Abstract
We add to current discussions about the interface between ecology, values, and objectivity by reporting on a novel Delphi-based study of the scientific reasoning employed by a group of eight ecologists as they collectively considered current ecological thinking. We rely on contextual empiricism, with its features of multiple ways of relating theory to reality and science as a social activity, to provide a richer understanding of scientific objectivity. This understanding recognizes the place and contributions of values and, in so doing, moves the discussion beyond whether or not science is "value neutral."
Details
- Title
- Ecology, values, and objectivity: Advancing the debate
- Authors/Creators
- T.J. Wallington (Author/Creator)S.A. Moore (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- BioScience, Vol.55(10), pp.873-878
- Publisher
- American Institute of Biological Sciences
- Identifiers
- 991005543829907891
- Copyright
- © 2005 American Institute of Biological Sciences
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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